Parent army fights to build school in time for term

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The school leaders have been left with little more than a fortnight to create a school fit for lessons

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An artist's impression of the refectory at the school

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One hundred 11-year-old boys are due to attend the school

Nicola WoolcockEducation Correspondent

Published at 12:01AM, August 30 2014

When Fulham Boys School had its funding withdrawn at the eleventh hour, only
for it to be reinstated after an outcry, its founders breathed a sigh of
relief.

Now the new free school is facing another hurdle — it has only just taken
ownership of its new site, two weeks before the start of term.

Parents who battled through red tape to get the funding decision overturned
are about to get their hands dirty to ensure that the school is ready on
time. Armed with paint brushes, wheelbarrows and trowels, they are putting
the “free” into free school by volunteering time